S2C, MachineWare, and Andes Technology announced a collaborative co-emulation solution designed to address the increasing complexity of RISC-V-based chip design. The solution integrates MachineWare's SIM-V virtual platform, S2C's Genesis Architect and Prodigy FPGA Prototyping Systems, and Andes' high-performance AX46MPV RISC-V CPU core, providing a unified environment for hardware and softw...
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced AI-powered Chat and Copilot assistants for its Advanced Design System (ADS), delivering breakthrough natural language capabilities that accelerate design workflows while maintaining enterprise-grade security. Electronic design teams face mounting challenges: complex multi-domain workflows, fragmented data management, and relentless pressure to accelera...
United States is pressing ahead with a comprehensive restructuring of its semiconductor industry, signalling a decisive shift towards a more resilient, competitive and strategically aligned national chip ecosystem. The ongoing transformation reflects a clear policy direction to reduce structural vulnerabilities exposed by recent global disruptions. By rebalancing supply chains and strengt...
Quilter, the physics-driven AI for electronics design, announced the world’s first computer designed by artificial intelligence. A single engineer completed the layout taking a schematic to manufacturing-ready files in less than a week, a process that traditionally takes an entire engineering team months and requires multiple rounds of redesign. This initiative, called Project Speedr...
Strategic acquisition positions Virtusa at the forefront of AI and chip design innovation to meet surging demand for advanced silicon Virtusa Corporation, a global product and platform engineering services company, announced the strategic acquisition of SmartSoC Solutions (SmartSoC), a leader in semiconductor engineering and integrated circuit (IC) design services. This acquisition marks a pivo...
-Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS), a leading provider of high-performance audio and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of its new family of closed-loop haptic drivers CS40L51, CS40L52 and CS40L53, marking the company’s first haptic driver solutions reliability qualified in accordance with the AEC-Q100 automotive standard. The new family of products brings Cirrus Lo...
-Tachyum® announced that it is beginning to take steps to defend the use of its registered TPU® trademark. Tachyum initially applied for trademark status in September 2015 and has held the rights to TPU (for its AI Tachyum Processing Unit) since October 2020. Google recently filed for similar trademark protection of Google TPU for its Tensor Processing Unit on November 21st of this ...
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, announced a licensing agreement with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, for the transfer of imec’s iSiPP300 silicon photonics process, featuring co-packaged optics (CPO) compatibility, to accelerate UMC’s ...
At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon EC2 M9g instances powered by the new Graviton5 chip. Key takeaways New AWS Graviton5-based Amazon EC2 M9g instances deliver up to 25% higher performance than the previous generation. With 192 cores per chip and 5x larger cache, customers can scale...
Linear Integrated Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of precision discrete semiconductors, announces the release of the LSBF862, a low noise N-channel JFET engineered to replace and outperform the discontinued NXP BF862. When NXP discontinued the BF862, a popular low-noise N-channel JFET, customers faced lost support for legacy systems, the need to requalify new components, and unplan...
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC: TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, and Polar Semiconductor, LLC (“Polar”), a U.S.-owned and operated foundry specializing in high-voltage, power, and sensor technologies, announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore collaboration on delivering scalable U.S.-based 8-inch p...
Cognite, the global leader in Industrial AI, announced the official grand opening of its new global headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. The relocation from Oslo, Norway marks a milestone in the company's growth strategy and underscores its commitment to the North American market. "Establishing our global headquarters in Arizona represents an exciting new chapter for Cognite as this positions ...
-Vinci, the pioneer of Physics-Driven AI for hardware design and simulation, emerged from stealth today and announced $46M in total funding, with its Series A led by Xora Innovation and its Seed round led by Eclipse. The company has unveiled a physics-driven AI system that operates like a team of hardware engineers, running thousands of verified simulations in hours, not weeks. Vinci was founde...
H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) proudly announces the recent signature of an exclusive teaming agreement with Fathom Water Corporation (“Fathom”) to jointly pursue, propose, and deliver wastewater treatment and reuse projects for the North American semiconductor sector. This strategic collaboration combines Fathom’s relationsh...
Celestial AI’s breakthrough Photonic FabricTM technology platform enables optical I/O for package, system and rack-level connectivity for the next-generation of data center infrastructure Marvell Technology, Inc., a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Celestial AI, a pioneer of a disruptive ...
SEEQC, the digital quantum computing company developing a fully digital, chip-based quantum computing platform, announced a manufacturing partnership with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Together, SEEQC and ITRI will construct a state-of-the-art process line dedicated to manufacturing SEEQC's proprietary Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) superconducting control chips, fur...
-Kioxia America, Inc. announced a collaboration between Kioxia Corporation, Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (Tsubakimoto Chain) and EAGLYS Inc. (EAGLYS) to develop AI-driven image recognition technology that automatically identifies products moving through logistics workflows. This system supports advanced automation and efficiency in logistics, enabling organizations to respond quickly to changing...
Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), a leading foundry of high-value analog semiconductor solutions, saw its stock rise approximately 5% after unveiling a series of new strategic collaborations aimed at expanding its chip-manufacturing capabilities and strengthening its global technology roadmap. The market responded positively to Tower’s newly announced partnerships, which are ...
Delegate registration is now open for Microelectronics US 2026, 22–23 April 2026 at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. The event will bring together the full microelectronics ecosystem - spanning semiconductors, photonics and embedded systems - to accelerate collaboration across design, manufacturing and innovation. Following the success of Microelectroni...
- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su has been elected Chair of the SIA Board of Directors. SIA represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms. "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lisa Su as SIA Chair during an exciting and consequential time for the semiconductor industry," said SIA Preside...